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  <div class="section" id="module-smtpd">
<span id="smtpd-smtp-server"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-smtpd" title="smtpd: A SMTP server implementation in Python."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">smtpd</span></code></a> — SMTP Server<a class="headerlink" href="#module-smtpd" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.7/Lib/smtpd.py">Lib/smtpd.py</a></p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p>This module offers several classes to implement SMTP (email) servers.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<p class="last">The <a class="reference external" href="http://aiosmtpd.readthedocs.io/">aiosmtpd</a> package is a recommended
replacement for this module.  It is based on <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio.html#module-asyncio" title="asyncio: Asynchronous I/O."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></code></a> and provides a
more straightforward API.  <a class="reference internal" href="#module-smtpd" title="smtpd: A SMTP server implementation in Python."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">smtpd</span></code></a> should be considered deprecated.</p>
</div>
<p>Several server implementations are present; one is a generic
do-nothing implementation, which can be overridden, while the other two offer
specific mail-sending strategies.</p>
<p>Additionally the SMTPChannel may be extended to implement very specific
interaction behaviour with SMTP clients.</p>
<p>The code supports <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321.html"><strong>RFC 5321</strong></a>, plus the <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1870.html"><strong>RFC 1870</strong></a> SIZE and <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6531.html"><strong>RFC 6531</strong></a>
SMTPUTF8 extensions.</p>
<div class="section" id="smtpserver-objects">
<h2>SMTPServer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#smtpserver-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPServer">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">smtpd.</code><code class="descname">SMTPServer</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em>, <em>data_size_limit=33554432</em>, <em>map=None</em>, <em>enable_SMTPUTF8=False</em>, <em>decode_data=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a new <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="smtpd.SMTPServer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></code></a> object, which binds to local address
<em>localaddr</em>.  It will treat <em>remoteaddr</em> as an upstream SMTP relayer.  Both
<em>localaddr</em> and <em>remoteaddr</em> should be a <a class="reference internal" href="socket.html#host-port"><span class="std std-ref">(host, port)</span></a>
tuple.  The object inherits from <a class="reference internal" href="asyncore.html#asyncore.dispatcher" title="asyncore.dispatcher"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncore.dispatcher</span></code></a>, and so will
insert itself into <a class="reference internal" href="asyncore.html#module-asyncore" title="asyncore: A base class for developing asynchronous socket handling services."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncore</span></code></a>’s event loop on instantiation.</p>
<p><em>data_size_limit</em> specifies the maximum number of bytes that will be
accepted in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DATA</span></code> command.  A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> means no
limit.</p>
<p><em>map</em> is the socket map to use for connections (an initially empty
dictionary is a suitable value).  If not specified the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncore.html#module-asyncore" title="asyncore: A base class for developing asynchronous socket handling services."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncore</span></code></a>
global socket map is used.</p>
<p><em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em> determines whether the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPUTF8</span></code> extension (as defined
in <span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6531.html"><strong>RFC 6531</strong></a>) should be enabled.  The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.
When <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPUTF8</span></code> is accepted as a parameter to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MAIL</span></code>
command and when present is passed to <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message" title="smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">process_message()</span></code></a> in the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">kwargs['mail_options']</span></code> list.  <em>decode_data</em> and <em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em>
cannot be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> at the same time.</p>
<p><em>decode_data</em> specifies whether the data portion of the SMTP transaction
should be decoded using UTF-8.  When <em>decode_data</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> (the
default), the server advertises the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">8BITMIME</span></code>
extension (<span class="target" id="index-4"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6152.html"><strong>RFC 6152</strong></a>), accepts the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BODY=8BITMIME</span></code> parameter to
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MAIL</span></code> command, and when present passes it to <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message" title="smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">process_message()</span></code></a>
in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">kwargs['mail_options']</span></code> list. <em>decode_data</em> and <em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em>
cannot be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> at the same time.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message">
<code class="descname">process_message</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>peer</em>, <em>mailfrom</em>, <em>rcpttos</em>, <em>data</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Raise a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#NotImplementedError" title="NotImplementedError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NotImplementedError</span></code></a> exception. Override this in subclasses to
do something useful with this message. Whatever was passed in the
constructor as <em>remoteaddr</em> will be available as the <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_remoteaddr</span></code>
attribute. <em>peer</em> is the remote host’s address, <em>mailfrom</em> is the envelope
originator, <em>rcpttos</em> are the envelope recipients and <em>data</em> is a string
containing the contents of the e-mail (which should be in <span class="target" id="index-5"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321.html"><strong>RFC 5321</strong></a>
format).</p>
<p>If the <em>decode_data</em> constructor keyword is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, the <em>data</em>
argument will be a unicode string.  If it is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, it
will be a bytes object.</p>
<p><em>kwargs</em> is a dictionary containing additional information. It is empty
if <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decode_data=True</span></code> was given as an init argument, otherwise
it contains the following keys:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><dl class="docutils">
<dt><em>mail_options</em>:</dt>
<dd>a list of all received parameters to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MAIL</span></code>
command (the elements are uppercase strings; example:
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['BODY=8BITMIME',</span> <span class="pre">'SMTPUTF8']</span></code>).</dd>
<dt><em>rcpt_options</em>:</dt>
<dd>same as <em>mail_options</em> but for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RCPT</span></code> command.
Currently no <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RCPT</span> <span class="pre">TO</span></code> options are supported, so for now
this will always be an empty list.</dd>
</dl>
</div></blockquote>
<p>Implementations of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">process_message</span></code> should use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">**kwargs</span></code>
signature to accept arbitrary keyword arguments, since future feature
enhancements may add keys to the kwargs dictionary.</p>
<p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> to request a normal <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">250</span> <span class="pre">Ok</span></code> response; otherwise
return the desired response string in <span class="target" id="index-6"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321.html"><strong>RFC 5321</strong></a> format.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPServer.channel_class">
<code class="descname">channel_class</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.channel_class" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Override this in subclasses to use a custom <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPChannel</span></code></a> for
managing SMTP clients.</p>
</dd></dl>

<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.4: </span>The <em>map</em> constructor argument.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.5: </span><em>localaddr</em> and <em>remoteaddr</em> may now contain IPv6 addresses.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.5: </span>The <em>decode_data</em> and <em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em> constructor parameters, and the
<em>kwargs</em> parameter to <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message" title="smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">process_message()</span></code></a> when <em>decode_data</em> is
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span><em>decode_data</em> is now <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> by default.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="debuggingserver-objects">
<h2>DebuggingServer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#debuggingserver-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="smtpd.DebuggingServer">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">smtpd.</code><code class="descname">DebuggingServer</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.DebuggingServer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a new debugging server.  Arguments are as per <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="smtpd.SMTPServer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></code></a>.
Messages will be discarded, and printed on stdout.</p>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="pureproxy-objects">
<h2>PureProxy Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#pureproxy-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="smtpd.PureProxy">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">smtpd.</code><code class="descname">PureProxy</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.PureProxy" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a new pure proxy server. Arguments are as per <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="smtpd.SMTPServer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></code></a>.
Everything will be relayed to <em>remoteaddr</em>.  Note that running this has a good
chance to make you into an open relay, so please be careful.</p>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="mailmanproxy-objects">
<h2>MailmanProxy Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#mailmanproxy-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="smtpd.MailmanProxy">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">smtpd.</code><code class="descname">MailmanProxy</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.MailmanProxy" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a new pure proxy server. Arguments are as per <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="smtpd.SMTPServer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></code></a>.
Everything will be relayed to <em>remoteaddr</em>, unless local mailman configurations
knows about an address, in which case it will be handled via mailman.  Note that
running this has a good chance to make you into an open relay, so please be
careful.</p>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="smtpchannel-objects">
<h2>SMTPChannel Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#smtpchannel-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">smtpd.</code><code class="descname">SMTPChannel</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>server</em>, <em>conn</em>, <em>addr</em>, <em>data_size_limit=33554432</em>, <em>map=None</em>, <em>enable_SMTPUTF8=False</em>, <em>decode_data=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a new <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPChannel</span></code></a> object which manages the communication
between the server and a single SMTP client.</p>
<p><em>conn</em> and <em>addr</em> are as per the instance variables described below.</p>
<p><em>data_size_limit</em> specifies the maximum number of bytes that will be
accepted in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DATA</span></code> command.  A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> means no
limit.</p>
<p><em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em> determines whether the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPUTF8</span></code> extension (as defined
in <span class="target" id="index-7"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6531.html"><strong>RFC 6531</strong></a>) should be enabled.  The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.
<em>decode_data</em> and <em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em> cannot be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> at the same
time.</p>
<p>A dictionary can be specified in <em>map</em> to avoid using a global socket map.</p>
<p><em>decode_data</em> specifies whether the data portion of the SMTP transaction
should be decoded using UTF-8.  The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.
<em>decode_data</em> and <em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em> cannot be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> at the same
time.</p>
<p>To use a custom SMTPChannel implementation you need to override the
<a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.channel_class" title="smtpd.SMTPServer.channel_class"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer.channel_class</span></code></a> of your <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="smtpd.SMTPServer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.5: </span>The <em>decode_data</em> and <em>enable_SMTPUTF8</em> parameters were added.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span><em>decode_data</em> is now <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> by default.</p>
</div>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPChannel</span></code></a> has the following instance variables:</p>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.smtp_server">
<code class="descname">smtp_server</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.smtp_server" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds the <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="smtpd.SMTPServer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></code></a> that spawned this channel.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.conn">
<code class="descname">conn</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.conn" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds the socket object connecting to the client.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.addr">
<code class="descname">addr</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.addr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds the address of the client, the second value returned by
<a class="reference internal" href="socket.html#socket.socket.accept" title="socket.socket.accept"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket.accept</span></code></a></p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_lines">
<code class="descname">received_lines</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_lines" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds a list of the line strings (decoded using UTF-8) received from
the client. The lines have their <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;\r\n&quot;</span></code> line ending translated to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;\n&quot;</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.smtp_state">
<code class="descname">smtp_state</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.smtp_state" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds the current state of the channel. This will be either
<code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">COMMAND</span></code> initially and then <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DATA</span></code> after the client sends
a “DATA” line.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.seen_greeting">
<code class="descname">seen_greeting</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.seen_greeting" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds a string containing the greeting sent by the client in its “HELO”.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.mailfrom">
<code class="descname">mailfrom</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.mailfrom" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds a string containing the address identified in the “MAIL FROM:” line
from the client.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.rcpttos">
<code class="descname">rcpttos</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.rcpttos" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds a list of strings containing the addresses identified in the
“RCPT TO:” lines from the client.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_data">
<code class="descname">received_data</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds a string containing all of the data sent by the client during the
DATA state, up to but not including the terminating <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;\r\n.\r\n&quot;</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.fqdn">
<code class="descname">fqdn</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.fqdn" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds the fully-qualified domain name of the server as returned by
<a class="reference internal" href="socket.html#socket.getfqdn" title="socket.getfqdn"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket.getfqdn()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="smtpd.SMTPChannel.peer">
<code class="descname">peer</code><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.peer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Holds the name of the client peer as returned by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">conn.getpeername()</span></code>
where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">conn</span></code> is <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.conn" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.conn"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">conn</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPChannel</span></code></a> operates by invoking methods named <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">smtp_&lt;command&gt;</span></code>
upon reception of a command line from the client. Built into the base
<a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SMTPChannel</span></code></a> class are methods for handling the following commands
(and responding to them appropriately):</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="11%" />
<col width="89%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Command</th>
<th class="head">Action taken</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td>HELO</td>
<td>Accepts the greeting from the client and stores it in
<a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.seen_greeting" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.seen_greeting"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">seen_greeting</span></code></a>.  Sets server to base command mode.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>EHLO</td>
<td>Accepts the greeting from the client and stores it in
<a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.seen_greeting" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.seen_greeting"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">seen_greeting</span></code></a>.  Sets server to extended command mode.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>NOOP</td>
<td>Takes no action.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>QUIT</td>
<td>Closes the connection cleanly.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>MAIL</td>
<td>Accepts the “MAIL FROM:” syntax and stores the supplied address as
<a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.mailfrom" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.mailfrom"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mailfrom</span></code></a>.  In extended command mode, accepts the
<span class="target" id="index-8"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1870.html"><strong>RFC 1870</strong></a> SIZE attribute and responds appropriately based on the
value of <em>data_size_limit</em>.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>RCPT</td>
<td>Accepts the “RCPT TO:” syntax and stores the supplied addresses in
the <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.rcpttos" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.rcpttos"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcpttos</span></code></a> list.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>RSET</td>
<td>Resets the <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.mailfrom" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.mailfrom"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mailfrom</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.rcpttos" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.rcpttos"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcpttos</span></code></a>, and
<a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_data" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_data"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">received_data</span></code></a>, but not the greeting.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>DATA</td>
<td>Sets the internal state to <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DATA</span></code> and stores remaining lines
from the client in <a class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_data" title="smtpd.SMTPChannel.received_data"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">received_data</span></code></a> until the terminator
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;\r\n.\r\n&quot;</span></code> is received.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>HELP</td>
<td>Returns minimal information on command syntax</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>VRFY</td>
<td>Returns code 252 (the server doesn’t know if the address is valid)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>EXPN</td>
<td>Reports that the command is not implemented.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

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